Laparoscopy vs 'wait and see' strategy: Normal appendix removed
Laparoscopy may leads to higher normal appendix removed compared with 'wait and see' strategy (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Laparoscopy vs 'wait and see' strategy Normal appendix removed · women of childbearing age with acute lower abdominal pain Laparoscopy may leads to higher normal appendix removed compared with 'wait and see' strategy (low certainty). Laparoscopy for the management of acute lower abdominal pain in women of childbearing age (2014) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 5.14 [2.22, 11.87] | 1 study · 104 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laparoscopy for the management of acute lower abdominal pain in women of childbearing age 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.